Eric Clapton Quotes

British - Musician Born: March 30, 1945

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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself. Eric Clapton

Myself, Gift, Way, Greatest Gift, Felt

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. Eric Clapton

Life, My Life, Me, Blues, Trials, Relief

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself. Eric Clapton

Family, Business, Myself, People, Think

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family. Eric Clapton

Family, Music, Fear, Me, Emotions, Away

The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it. Eric Clapton

Me, Guitar, Grandparents, First, Got

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut. Eric Clapton

Mouth, Things, Keep, Most, Learned, How

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life. Eric Clapton

Life, Solitude, Quiet, Like, Quiet Life

Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know. Eric Clapton

Music, Know, You, Group, Find, Village

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate. Eric Clapton

Luck, Think, Believe, Know, I Believe

I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed. Eric Clapton

Music, Grateful, Time, Good, People, Me

I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues. Eric Clapton

King, Place, Blues, Everything, Monk

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. Eric Clapton

Music, Father, Wisdom, Loneliness, Men

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening. Eric Clapton

Love, Gift, Listening, Think, Well, Part

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind. Eric Clapton

Mind, Obsession, Will, Leave, Your

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Eric Clapton

Family, Business, People, Think, Looking

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head. Eric Clapton

Me, Desire, Head, Something, Hear, Match

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist. Eric Clapton

I Am, Blues, Always, Will, Guitarist, Am

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. Eric Clapton

Women, Beautiful, Weakness, Company

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically. Eric Clapton

Find, Painful, Musically, Emotional

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost. Eric Clapton

Character, Good, Feel Good, Know, You

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over. Eric Clapton

Control, You, Risk, Trying, Over

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else. Eric Clapton

Half, Nerves, Anywhere, Else

Music became a healer for me. Eric Clapton

Music, Me, Became, Healer

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. Eric Clapton

Wish, I Wish, Muse, Things, Write, Guys

The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible. Eric Clapton

Family, Home, Possible, Point, Much

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma. Eric Clapton

Me, Remember, Summer, Know, You, Way

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